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    Beshalach

    Four In Despair And One God

    Rabbi Haggai Lundin | 18 Shvat 5784
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    Beshalach

    The Staircase of Faith in the Weekly Portion

    Rabbi Avraham Shapira Zt"l | 16 Shvat 5784
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    Beshalach

    Even Over The Trees And Under The Stones

    Rabbi Haggai Lundin | 13 Shvat 5784
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    Beshalach

    Beating the Concept of the Firstborn

    Rabbi Haggai Lundin | 12 Shvat 5784
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    Beshalach

    The Power of Ruach

    Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | 12 Shvat 5784
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    Parashat Hashavua

    Just Out of Egypt and Already Chok and Mishpat

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 12 Shvat 5784
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    Beshalach

    Automatic Holiness!

    ...We all understand that the mitzvot are meant to bring us to spiritual heights. Some of our mitzvot are clearly "spiritual," and it is easy to see how they help a person rise up in Divine service and closeness. But there are also mitzvot that appear to be "materialistic," of which it is hard to see the spiritual benefits. On a superficial level, it is hard to see the mitzvot of working, building, and settling the Land as bringing about a higher level of spirituality. After all, people do these very same things on their parcels of land throughout the world! Perhaps we can see spirituality in synagogues and other holy sites, where people come to pray and the like – but what of regular pieces of earth? Where is the sanctity there?...

    Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | Shvat 12 5783
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    Parashat Hashavua

    Interactions between Yehuda and Yosef over the Generations Part IV

    The attribute of kingdom is the last among seven important characteristics in Jewish thought.

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Shvat 5783
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    Beshalach

    “Then We Will Sing…”

    Who among us is not thrilled with the magnificent events of Parshat B’Shalach?! But hidden in the text virtually all of Jewish history is encapsulated.

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Shvat 10 5782
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    Beshalach

    Shining Miracles

    When there is a multiplicity of miracles occurring all at the same time, like the candle lit in a room with floodlights, its brightness is hardly noticeable. The individual miracle has lost its power of influence and is already discounted by human beings.

    Rabbi Berel Wein | Shvat 18 5782
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    Beshalach

    The Face of Evil

    The Amalekites attacked Israel during the lifetime of Moses just once. The Egyptians oppressed the Israelites over an extended period, starting a slow genocide by killing every male Israelite child. The whole thrust of the narrative would suggest that if any nation would become the symbol of evil, it would be Egypt. But the opposite turns out to be true.

    Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Shvat 18 5782
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    Beshalach

    Believing & Planting: Beshalach, Emuna, & Tu B'Shvat

    The Torah portion of this week, Beshalach, can be called the Portion of Faith. It is filled with tests and trials that the Children of Israel must undergo on their way out of Egypt, and each one increases and strengthens its faith – emuna - in G-d in a different way. Let us list them and possibly see how they each teach a different lesson in faith:

    Rabbi Hillel Mertzbach | Shvat 12 5782
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    Beshalach

    A Mysterious Story of Manna in Our Generation

    In honor of both this week's Torah portion recounting the falling of the Manna from Heaven, and Tu B'Shvat

    Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | Shvat 12 5782
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    Beshalach

    The Holiest Most Heavenly Food On Earth

    Israel National Torah

    Looking at the holiest, most heavenly food that the Israelites ate while in the wilderness. Why did they not receive this special food after they entered the Land of Israel?

    Baruch Gordon
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    Beshalach

    Freedom From the Exile

    we read in the Torah the final chapter of the liberation of the Jewish people from Egyptian bondage and slavery. Yet, the Torah goes to great lengths to point out to us that freedom as a concept cannot exist in a vacuum.

    Rabbi Berel Wein | Shvat 16 5781
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    Beshalach

    Looking Up

    The contrast between before and after the Red Sea could not be more complete. Facing the approaching Egyptians, do nothing. In the case of the Amalekites, however, go fight.

    Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Shvat 13 5781
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    Beshalach

    The Right Thing, for the Right Reason

    Just when they thought it was safe to leave Egypt, they would again face an existentialist danger at the banks of the Reed Sea. Why did Paro change his mind once again?

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Shvat 13 5781
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    Beshalach

    Passing through the Waters … of the Jordan

    The splitting of the Yam Suf, retold in our parasha, was one of the most important events in the story of our Exodus from Egypt. Did David also split the Jordan river?

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Shvat 12 5781
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    Beshalach

    Carrying Nitroglycerin on Shabbos

    Is there a way whereby a person suffering from angina or other heart disease may carry his medication on Shabbos through a public thoroughfare?

    Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Shvat 11 5781
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    Swears and Oaths

    Facing the Truth

    Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Shvat 14 5780
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